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Title: Health, Crime, and the Labor Market: Theory and Policy Analysis

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Health has signi…cant impact on labor market outcomes, and thus on criminal decisions. We document from micro evidence that health has positive e¤ect on individual's labor market performance, and negative impact on criminal activities. To study the economic mechanism behind these …ndings, we build an equilibrium model of health, crime, and the labor market. We perform a wide range of policy experiments in the baseline model, and study their impacts on crime and the labor market. We …nd that by introducing universal health insurance coverage, criminal activities in the economy would decrease by about 10% while the aggregate output would increase by about 9%.

Url: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.wustl.edu/dist/9/998/files/2018/02/HCLM-201901-1y9qhbs.pdf

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Authors: Otsu, Yuki; Yuen, C Y Kelvin

Publisher: Washington University

Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Health, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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